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Research Associate 3 (Process Transfer)PURPOSE —to enable healthier lives everywhere, every day —is driven by a PASSION to become global champions for women’s health . We succeed by fulfilling our PROMISE to bring The Science of Sure ® to life through product quality,
clinical differentiation, customer relationships and our team’s talent and
engagement.Our Purpose is simple: to enable healthier lives everywhere, every day. Toward this
end, we offer clinically proven products designed to detect, diagnose andtreat disease and other health conditions that primarily affect women—earlier
and more accurately than ever to provide ever greater certainty and peace of
mind. This focus has fueled our long track record of innovative medicalbreakthroughs across many therapeutic areas—breast health, cervical health, body
composition, gynecologic health, perinatal health, skeletal health and sexual
health—touching the lives of more than 230 million women around the world every year. In
fact, as global champions for women’s health , no company in the world has
done more to fight cervical and breast cancer than Hologic —and we will continue to
challenge ourselves to ensure that future generations of women have access to
our life-savinginnovations.Of course, none of this would be possible without the talent and passion of our employees. Together, our
collective expertise and dedication to develop and market robust,
science-based certainty, sustain a pipeline of exceptional solutions that
respond to the unmet health and wellness needs of women, families andcommunities. And when we fulfill our purpose and promise to the world, we also fulfill another goal: a business that generates
sustainable global financial growth from which success and prosperity for our
company, employees and investors naturally follow.Job SummaryHologic
is seeking a Research Associate 3 responsible for designing and performing
experiments, assay development, formulation optimization, product development
and collaborating and communicating effectively.Duties & Responsibilities:Designs and performs moderately complexexperiments with minimal input from supervisor to support the project. Understands experimental goal within thecontext of the overall project. Independently analyzes data and summarizesexperiments supporting a portion of the project. Where necessary, provides clear feedback togroups such as Software and Engineering on the outcome of the experiment. Haveexperience in one or more of the following areas:
Core Services – e.g.Microbiology skills, bioinformatics, sequencing, cloning, analytical chemistry,oligo synthesis and/or purification
Feasibility – e.g. Contributing to one or more of the following:the design of oligo systems, sample processing or assay formulationexperiments. Perform experiments to support feasibility of software such asresults processing, change to the instrument or new instrumentation.
Assay Integration – Executingexperiments in one or more of the following areas:
Support of the ADM, sequence file resultsprocessing or other software modules required to run the assay on theinstrument.
Experiments to test assay performance at theextreme operating parameters of the instrument.
Experiments to transfer successfully an assayfully developed on one platform to another.
Experiments to improve assay or instrumentrobustness and ultimately performance.
Formulation Optimization – Designing andexecuting studies to support the optimum assay performance based onformulation. Contribute to writing transfer reviews and specification setting
V&V – Designing and executing studies basedon the V and V plan using the final version of the assay on a givenplatform. Generate documentation fromthese experiments to support regulatory submissions and or Marketing andSales documents
Product Development. Executing studies to support finalization ofthe product design, scale up for Manufacturing, finalization of software andhardware and planning for clinical studies. Examples of this include: settingspecifications, Quality Reviews and supplying supporting documentation,Supporting RUO studies, contributing to writing software documents SRS, supportinghardware and software changes, and testing Development Lots.
Collaborates and communicates effectively withpeers and supervisors.
Qualifications:Education:B.A. /B.S. Molecular Biology,Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.
Experience:3-5 years post-baccalaureate laboratory experience.Industrial experience preferred.
2-4 years post-M.S. without thesis experience. Industrial experience preferred.
2years laboratory experience post-M.S. with thesis. Industrial experiencepreferred.
SkillsTo
perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative
of the basic knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:Demonstrate drive andcommitment: showsreliability and commitment amongst manager and peers; exhibits focus anddetermination in tasks at hand; establishes support for objectives; drives andproduces results
Work efficiently andeffectively: effectively manages timeand priorities by focusing on highest priority tasks and working efficiently;effectively recovers from mistakes; completes projects on time
Team membership : interacts in anteam environment based on shared values; knows when and how to use a teamapproach to solve problems; seeks the contributions of all team members; sharescredit with others
Adapt and learn: works efficiently insituations involving ambiguity, shifting priorities and rapid change;demonstrates resilience and composure in difficult circumstances; dealsconstructively with mistakes and setbacks and learns from them; continuallylearns to grow and improve skills to meet organizational goals
Additional Details:Sit;use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Stand;walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Lifting/movingand carrying products weighing up to 40 pounds.
Mustfollow all applicable FDA regulations and ISO requirements.Agency and Third PartyRecruiter Notice:Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a
current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human
Resource Department. In addition Agencies may only submit candidates to
positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic
Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to
the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered.Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employerinclusive of disability and veterans.
